Chapter 279: Short Naval Battle

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Cannonballs exploded into waves on the sea, and the pirates of 'Night Skeleton' cursed while operating the pirate ship to accelerate and escape.

Behind the 'Night Skeleton' pirate ship were four pirate ships, one large and three small, chasing it. The fluttering black flag told everyone that this fleet was the notorious 'Sea Wolf' pirate group.

"What is 'Red Eye' Warwick going crazy for? We haven't had any conflict recently?"

Hendrik frowned in confusion. The reason why pirate groups don't disturb each other is that they all know the other party is a pauper. If you see two pirate groups fighting, it is highly likely that one of them has just made a big harvest.

But his ship and the other party's were both just out of White Sand Islet and hadn't opened for business yet!

Therefore, Hendrik, as a senior pirate, and his crew were all very puzzled by 'Sea Wolf's' attack.

But if it wasn't for their own reasons, then...

Hendrik's eyes unconsciously drifted to Nie Yingying and the three standing on the deck.

Unlike the irritable and cursing pirates, Nie Yingying felt very novel about such a naval battle, with a sense of novelty of traveling into a movie world.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Also a famous pirate group, although because the number of ships was at a disadvantage, 'Night Skeleton' naturally couldn't sit still and wait for death. Amidst the loud curses of the pirates, pitch-black cannonballs were returned one by one.

It was just that due to technology and the reasons on the water surface, the hit rate of these back-and-forth cannonballs was all very touching.

"Captain, it's still noon now, it's impossible to run away at our current speed!" Yorkshire, the tallest and strongest on the ship, picked up and put down the iron anchor behind him, appearing unusually irritable. "Fight them! I swear I can smash 'Red Eye' Warwick's head!"

Just then, a pitch-black cannonball flew straight over with a sharp whistle.

"Boom!"

The cannonball grazed Yorkshire's ear and smashed a deep hole in the deck behind him, which made the boatswain of 'Night Skeleton' stunned for a second before becoming furious. His fan-sized palm grabbed a harpoon from a pirate beside him and threw it backward with all his might.

In the surprised eyes of everyone, the harpoon luckily crossed the sea surface and forked a pirate holding a scimitar high on the flagship opposite.

After the whole pirate ship was silent, it erupted into warm cheers, and the perpetrator Yorkshire was even more smugly blowing about his divine power, and asserted that he was deliberately aiming at the other party.

As the first casualty record party of this naval battle, the 'Sea Wolf' pirate group was naturally even more angry, and the angry curses of the pirates were transmitted to the deck of 'Night Skeleton' along with the sea breeze.

"Skinny, I remember you said that this pirate ship can create mist to facilitate escape, right?"

Nie Yingying's question was naturally not because she was afraid of the pursuit of a pirate group; she just didn't want to affect the time for the three to go to 'Aurora Island' because of other reasons.

But 'Skinny' Mei Pengcheng's answer clearly couldn't satisfy her.

"Big Sister, it's noon now... the effect won't be very good! Usually, we only use it at night or on rainy days... hmm, rainy days are also rare. Rainy days on the sea are usually not the drizzle on land. The rain on the Storm Sea is often accompanied by huge typhoons!"

The supernatural phenomenon created by this ghost ship would be so limited by the real environment. No wonder such a large ship was just a green prop!

"Rainy days?"

Nie Yingying's gaze became strange.

"Hmm!"

Nie Yingying had no intention of explaining, reached out and opened the little red umbrella hanging on Xie Yaoyao's arm.

With the opening of the little red umbrella, Skinny immediately noticed the 'bling-bling' big eyes on the umbrella surface, and naturally saw Little Annie's entry.

He opened his mouth in surprise. The little red umbrella that his big brother, who had become a fool, had been hanging on his arm was actually a... was actually a... What kind of race is 【Fantasy Race】?

It's not strange at all for a fool to hold a little red umbrella all the time. In fact, it's not strange for a fool to do anything.

It really is worthy of being a big brother, so awesome even after becoming a fool!

This little red umbrella was actually some kind of 【Soul Walker】, a purple entry! 'Skinny' seriously believed that he would not be an opponent of this umbrella.

"Eh?!"

Just when 'Skinny' was letting his imagination run wild, the scorching sun overhead suddenly dimmed, and then countless wisps of drizzle floated on the sea.

"It's raining?!"

Eighty percent of the rain on the sea is heavy rain, and ninety percent of the heavy rain is accompanied by typhoons, and typhoons are the natural enemy of mist.

Drizzle like this is not non-existent on the sea, but it is very rare. Even if it appears, it dissipates quickly. This is determined by the lack of dust condensation nuclei on the sea.

All the experienced pirates looked at Captain Hendrik at the helm.

No need to ask, Hendrik knew very well that the actual person in charge of this ship didn't want to entangle with other pirates, otherwise, with the other party's strength, he would have ordered him to stop the ship and fight 'Sea Wolf' long ago.

The arrival of the drizzle made the attacks of the 'Sea Wolf' chasing behind even more frequent. Clearly, the other party also knew the ability of 'Night Skeleton' very well.

The cannon roar stopped suddenly. Hendrik tapped his hat brim soaked with raindrops with his fingertips, and rust-colored patterns instantly covered the gold thread embroidery. Sulphur-colored mist spots floated in the depths of his pupils, and in an instant, countless grey-white vortices exploded in the drizzle—the mist wrapped around the mast like a living thing, and then quickly dragged the entire sea area into a confused world.

Watching the grey-black three-masted sailing ship disappear into the grey-white mist right under his nose, 'Red Eye' Warwick waved his hand fiercely, and sharp nails left five deep scratches on the wooden railing in front of him—if you look closely, such scratches were left everywhere on the 'Howling Moon'.

Seeing the grey-white mist spreading toward his side, Warwick could only order a turn to avoid it.

All the pirates on this sea know not to fight the other party in the mist created by 'Night Skeleton'.

"Captain, we can't let them go so easily. The tongue has already confessed that the 'Holy Grail' is on their ship!"

A hoarse voice sounded beside Warwick, it was his first mate, a man known as 'Blood Tongue' Leijinade.

"It doesn't matter. Compared to the southern route and the monsoon route, the northern route is much shorter and has fewer branches. What's more, the other party is holding the 'Holy Grail', so the destination can only be one, so don't worry." Warwick's red threads became denser. "'Black Bone' Hendrik, hmph! You really have something, daring to rob my business!"

Listening to the captain's words beside him, 'Blood Tongue' Leijinade's hoarse voice sounded again.

"'Night Skeleton' is a good ship!"

"Right!" ===== CHAPTER 280 =====